Fish Quarantine Secrets with Elliot Lim | Tidal Gardens Podcast Ep 6

[@tidalgardens]

How many of you quarantine your fish?

[@-Wreckanize-]

I quarantine fish, coral, and inverts. I have even called companies to ensure any bacteria additives or those coraline in a bottle supplements are not taken from tanks with fish.

[@gradyjacobsen2224]

Never quarantined a fish. Almost all my tangs have had black flukes but that just comes down to fish health. Feed your fish a great food and provide it with the perfect environment to thrive and it’ll have the best chance to fight off any disease on its own. Survival of the fittest.

[@JonathanTucker-t9z]

Always !! Lost whole stock before and never want to feel that hurt again😢 Everything was going so well , til the impulse addition happened , than all was lost! Within 2 days , probably velvet from my guess.

[@JurassicGenerations]

Never quarantined then a gem tang came with ich and velvet and wiped half the tank before I got a quarantine system up and running from an old tank with copper. Now i quarantine all fish with copper for 30 days

[@rowkim8194]

None for me. I got ich but everyone is fine! I fed them well and kept the water clean. My power is outage right now. I don't have battery backup either. I can't afford right now.

[@alp-ou]

Love these in depth long form videos with experts

[@adnilem1306]

Would very much love to know Elliots tips and tricks to getting Regal Angels to eat. I would so very much love to have one in my reef, but getting them to eat is so heartbreaking!

[@Fish_Ventura]

Just ordered a white tail and an aptasia eating file fish from Marine Collectors. The packaging is superb

[@McGD4]

So far I am 5 for 5 (2 tangs, 3 damsels) with Elliot’s protocol from the BRS videos. Love it Will always do it if necessary.

[@barelyreefer]

More videos with Elliot please!

[@timjohnson3913]

Elliot - it would be incredibly helpful to put up online your feeding protocols for fish. I think it could really be a gamechanger and it would save a lot of fish. For example, so many people can’t get copperband butterflies eating and I regularly hear people say it takes them 3 or 4 tries to get a copperband to survive in their tank. (This is even true for seasoned fish keepers like Sanjay and quarantiners on humble fish’s site).

[@marinecollectors]

We do have plans in the works to make species specific videos, and write ups, on every fish we’ve developed a protocol for in the future. It’s just about having the time to make the content. Hopefully we’ll be able to do this sooner rather than later!

[@LucasDenadai-zp1dn]

@@marinecollectors hey Elliot, I am front brazil and I would like to hit you couple questiona. Is that possible ?

[@SB-ju4yf]

Wow, great interview. Thanks to Elliot!

[@chrisbleurgh7425]

Found out a couple years ago that I can't smell formaldehyde, only figured out when my eyes were starting to burn and had breathing issues. Wasn't allowed to handle it after finding that out since I couldn't tell if there was an issue/leak/spill.

[@lovermansmith9082]

Totally Awesome , Elliott"s good & supplies an Awesome service . Seems , trustworthy & caring . Would love to do business with him , Nice of him to share 😊 Thanks guys , Than just might be the Tom Synder of reef host 😊

[@acanskywalker5631]

After a bath in Safety Stop I quarantine for at least a month before moving them into the acclimation box where they'll stay for another week or so before I'll release them.

[@thewaterdenken1213]

Extremely informative content, thanks to you both

[@TechGearTalk]

Awesome insights

[@queencityreefs]

Great episode 🙌 Definitely enjoyed it. ✌️

[@John35615]

After years in fresh water, keeping fish and plants together in the same aquarium is almost too challenging. Seems we sacrifice conditions for both when we bring them together. I had crazy success in my fresh system when I built a sump that incorporated terrestrial plants (not aquatic plants). A tank built for fish, the sump for terrestrial plants, same water circulating through both. The terrestrial plants grew like weeds. The fish are the healthiest I’ve ever seen. I am seriously considering separating my marine fish from my display. Two separate aquariums, but tied together. Provide better habitat, in a fish only, very low intensity (inexpensive) to no lighting for fish, then a display that optimizes conditions for coral.

[@LordHillAquarium]

Starting a 300 gallon system with a QT from the beginning. I bring them home from the LFS and I finish the copper QT they start for a total of 4 weeks. Currently have some Kole tangs in QT and next is a group of convict tangs.

[@HezamBBQ]

Hello Elliot! @marinecollectors if you don't recommend the use of formalin for home use. How would someone at home deal with Uronema, brook and flukes in a safe way?

[@Chelmon_lol]

Salt buckets actually make really good QT setups

[@tsmaquaticsllc5452]

30 days medication!❤

[@willlienellson7451]

Sadly, it looks like their live guarantee is only 24hrs now. That's basically just DOA which is the industry minimum. Their prices are so high to offer no guarantee.

[@gb3496]

Should have asked about hydrogen peroxide...

[@jeffreysebern4693]

3-4weeks min